HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC_Minutes_1956_03_12( \ u 0£ the CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH March 12., 1956 VJ.INUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMtvlISSION held Monday, March 12th, 1956 at 7:30 o'clock P.M. in the Council Chamber of ·the Ci~y Hall, City ot Hermosa Beach, California. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: ABSENT: PETITIOii OF LEE A, TATQM Com.in. Haneman, Black and Chairman Dennie and M&.yor Ed.wards Comm .. Fisher, Mill.er and Viault Petition of' Lee A. Tatom, covering L<)ts 66, 67 8.-"l.d 68, Tract No., 1561· situated 011 Silver Street bett:1een ].5th and 16-cb S·\ireets.. Petitioner requests permission to construct a tno-car. garage on these R-2 lotss, in addition to the o~isting two-car garage. Comm. Ha.neman moved the granting of. t,his petition bect:i.use it will be o~ bene£it to the City in removing one more car f-~om the street and will not be detrimental to the surrounding proparty. The motion ~ms seconded by Comm. Black, and Resolution No .. PC 59 was adopt.ed by the :following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSEN'l': PETITION OF BURLEY DANIELS Comm. Black, Haneman, Chairman Dennie and :Mayor Edwards None Comm .. Fisher, Miller and Vis.ult Petition of Burley A. Dani.els., covering the Sly 125' of Lot. 28:i Block 78, Second Addition to Hel"moss, Beach, situai:ied at 705 Pac:d":J.c Coast Highway. Petitioner request:~ permission ·i'io use this pare a 1 for storage o.r l1..ID1ber. erecting a wood fence on the eaat. and we:l't lines of the parcel, instead of a stucco wall surrounding the entire parcel, as requ1.red by the Ordinance. Mro Daniels was present and exlpained that he wishes to lease the property to the Learned-Smith Lumber Company for storage of lumber. and that it is at present only a weed patch, even though it is ~oned tor Commereial usage. Mrs. Harold Peery. 720-Bth Street, f'elt that since moat of the homes on the north ot this property a.re 0£ wood construction, the lumber storage would be a f'ire hat.aro. .. She also spoke for Mrso Joyce~ 710-eth Street.
( ·.' .. ,, .:.. _., :... ~ ) ·' Dl~rch ll, 1.9?l:• Peig<$ Two Mr-'B Harold Peery i-720-Sth S-t;reet felt that t,he stucco u~.J,l should be reqttLred, because a ~--cod :fence , .. -ould be or no pro·tection from ct £ire standpoint o He also me11tioned t,ha.-1; he felt the decd.sj_on of the Pl(mning Commission to deny t,he fil--st petition px-esented by Mr., Danielu should be upheld~ Mrs. '!ina Winter,. 642-?th Street. spoke f'or the ow.o.e:rs of Lots 1,2, 4,5~E,.7,10pl2 and 13, Dro Dougherty's Hermosa Bay View Tracto She said. they felt ~hat a £'ire hazard irould be created and that a bad tratf'ic situation wou.1d develop from the many large lumber tr·uckra un1<>ading on 7th Street ( a dead end streErG ) o Donald Doerschlag~ 625-7th S~reet, s~id he had spoken to Fred Kelterer~ Fire Chief. and ~i;bat, he fellt:i from the conversation th,~t there should be at least a 2-hour £ire 1ira11 erected here,and that would not even provide adequate fire protection .. i1rs. Winter asked why the Learned-Smith Company wished to use this pl"Operty and wished to know whether or no·c they are expanding their fil.cilities .. Mr. Richard Learn.ed was present and answered some oi the questio11s as follows: 1. He ment:i.oned that the 11191.ihood of a fire st,art:lng £!-om a match in the type of' 1trm.ber he plans 'to ::r~,tare on this lot is very small and tha.t his il'lsuran.ce rates ~re lower than on a house, because of that fact. He said there is to be no electricity or machinery stored on that lot~ 2. He felt that the provision calling for a stucco w-all is outdated, s.ince no other C:tty in ·the ax·ea h~,s such a p1oa-vision. He 3aid he aouJ.d be glad to build ·the "°,all of some fire resistant ma1;e1:~ial other than wood. if t;hatr ~ould be satisfactory .. ). He said he would rather have trucks turning up 7th Street to unload th.ltt. off Pacific Coast Highway because of the ls.rge amoun·t or traf'i'ic that would be t-ied up there .. 4. He mentioned that one r.eason £or wishing to lea~e this property is so tha·t the lumber sto!'ed on the residential lots and the Santa Fs right-of-way can be relocated theres Comm .. Black felt that a discussion tr1-j.th the Fire Chief on. this subject would be o.f benefit and that all of the members of the Commission should be present before taking action on this matter& Comm. Black moved that the petition be held over till the meeting ot April 9, 1956. The motion was seconded by Comm. Haneman, and carried unanimously .. Mr. Peery asked that the residents be informed regarding the date and time of the next meeting.. Chairman Dmnie informed him that they would be notified~
Planning Comnw.ssion fJl'.arch 12, 1956 Paga Three PETITION OF ALBERT AND HENRIETTE WlLfillli. Petltion of Albert and Henriette Wilson covering Lota 1. and 2, Bloek 108, Shakespeare Tract, situated at 28th Street and Hermosa Avenue for permission to erect a mu1tiple unit on these R-4 lots, leaving a 4' front yard set-back and a 1' side yard on 28th Street. ?his propar"~y was granted a variance oh July 19, 1955 to the previous omier, allowing a 10• front yard set-back, but it is now expiz-ed. There W9.f:l a written protest received from Hugo Lizza., 2702 Strand. Seymour Wagner, 120-28th Street, felt that it would be very unsightly for the neighbo1'Sbood to have a ei;ru.cture so far out of lins with othe:::o bouees, both on Hermosa Avenue and on 28th Street. He also mentioned that telephone poles trould have to be moved if this were grant~d. Mayor Edwards moved the denial of thi.s peti~,ion because it does not comply with set-backs on 2gth Street, and the original petition grant..:.~d. on1y a 10' set-back on Hermosa Avenuea The motion 1f3a seconded by Comm. Haneman, and Resolution No. PC 60 was adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ESTABLISHMENT OF comm.. Black, Hamman, Chairman Dennie !L'l'ld Mayor Edwards Nona Comm. Fisher, Miller and Via.ult • SET,-BACK ON liQLLQ}1&LL AXE. . . A letter .f'rom the Building Inspector requested establishment of a f'ront yard set-back on Hollowell Avenue ror Lots 19 and 20, Tract No. 73.3 • Comm. Black moved tba·t a 10' (ten) .front yard set-back be established. £or the west side of Hollowell Avenue between Prospect Avenue and Third Street. The motion was seconded by Mayor Edwards and carried unanimously. PETITION OF PATRICK QtCONNOR_ Petition or Patrick O'Connor, covering Lot 2, Block 113,. Shakespeare Tract, situated at 206-28th Streat~ for permission to extend his fireplace 6" further into the sideyard than al.lowed by Ord.No .. N .. S<>8" Mayor Ed-wards moved the granting or this petition. The motion was seconded by Comm. H9.neman, and R'esolution No .. PC 61 was adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Comm. Black, Haneman, Chairman Dennie and Mayor Edwards None Comm .. Fisher~ Miller and Viault
OTHER ~-Planning CcLJral.tk,ion Pfiarc..11 1:c;; ~ 1956 Page Fou.i~ Othe:· petltions were reee:tved in the City Clerk's office subseg_uent to ~.;he processing of pt,.t,:l.:t.ions described aboveo They were held ov~r to the next regular meeting to be held April 9, 1956 and e.re f'J•om z. D. Herman and John and Sarah Whited. APPP.JVAL OF,_~NJtl'ES The minutes of the regular meeting of February 13, 1956 were approved as recei vsd by the unanimous action of the Commission .. PETITION OF DUDI«E' JACOBS Petition of Dudley Jacobs~ covering Lot 13, Tract No. 107.,, situated on Manhattan Avenue between 2nd and 4th Streets, £or permission to construct a ~hird tmi~ on an ~-2 loto Chairman Dennie informed the Commission that this variance bad been received in plenty ot time to be processed for this meeting, but that he had inf'ormed Mr. Jacobs that it eould not be handled as a VElt'iancef but must be submitted as a zone change. Mr. Jacobs requested that it be considered at this meeting, so that it will come before the Council~ Gomm. Black moTed tl.tat this variance be denied, for the reason that the Planning Commission, by law, cannot grant a variance of tb.:i.s typer, because it is consi~ered spot zoning. It should be handled as a zone change. The motion ffllS seconded by Mayor F,dttards~ and Resolution No. PC 62 was adopted by the follow.lng vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ADJOURNMENT Comm. Black, Haneman, Chairman Dennie and Mayor .c,duar-ds None Comm. Fisher, Miller and Viault The meeting was unanimously adjourned to March 19, 1956, at which time further consideration of the proposed zoning map and ordinance will be taken up. .,